Saints fans respond to having Sean Payton back

The Who Dat nation is happy to have Sean Payton rejoining the black and gold earlier than expected. But many fans still have strong feelings toward NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for how the bounty investigation affected the entire season.

Bounty gate was a big blow to the saints Organization and had a huge impact on the Who Dat nation.

"When the whole bounty situation happened, I was like I have to find a way to make this work and kind of engage the fans and my friends with everything that was going on during the season," said Fresh Johnson and longtime Saints fan.

Johnson tried to make fun of a bad situation, so she put on a smile and a costume to become "Bounty Girl."

At every home game and away games against the Atlanta Falcons and New York Giants , Johnson wore a sequin leotard, tights and a black cape.

"Saints fans for us, I always tell people this, for New Orleans it's way deeper than football," Johnson said. "I think having our coach back, having our players back is going to give us the season we've been waiting on."

If the Taylor family isn't at the Superdome on game day, they're watching their team in the black and gold room oh their Gentilly home.

"We come in here and have Saints watch parties all the time," said Jean Taylor.

The family still harbors strong feelings about Roger Goodell's decision to bench Saints players and coaches. "I think Goodell did what he wanted to do in the beginning and his motives were his motives."

Leslie Taylor think by reinstating Payton, Goodell is trying to smooth things over with Saints fans before coming to town.

"Goodell needs to be received here during the Super Bowl time, and he needed to do something good that the fans would appreciate. I'm pretty sure that's why he did it," Leslie said.

One thing that these fans are certain of, with Coach Payton back, the Saints will be back on track next season.